Arriving home after work I took my customary walk around the pond and meadow to see what was new, what was coming into bloom and what was perhaps going over and turning to seed. The fist thing to greet me on the pond were two wild greylag geese that had dropped in unannounced. This was a fist and although the thought of geese fouling up the pond water was nor to my liking, I was however gratified that they found my pond to be attractive enough to drop in on. As if the geese were not enough excitement, my attention quickly turned to a mother mallard who was chaperoning no less than 12 of her ducklings around the pond.
Toadtally liking this chap!
While checking out the emergent flowers on the meadow walk I was blessed to encounter this toad who was clearly making the most of the feeding opportunities in the meadow.
